1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 57

King Emmanuel II and his party left the barracks at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Judging from the promises to give Bob a gun in the past, His Majesty should be very satisfied, but Major Neville is still a little worried. .

Fortunately, the next day someone sent a commendation order signed by King Emmanuel II, and Major Neville received the commendation. Along with the commendation order, there was also the “better rifle” the king had promised Bob.

Before the king’s promised rifle was delivered, Bob had guessed that it was probably an accurate shooting version of 1857. Because in his opinion, where in this world is there a better rifle than the precision shooting version of 1857? Bob also used the precision shooting version 1857, but although the gun was assigned to him, it was owned by the company. Except for maintenance and actual involvement, the custodians kept it tightly locked. . Because it is a good gun worth 1,500 dollars, many people in the United States don’t have enough salary for a year to buy one.

Anticipating that he would get an accurate shooting version of 1857, Bob was so happy that he could barely close his mouth from ear to ear, and the other colleagues also expressed envy and hatred to him one by one.

“Bob, why have you never offended me, but I just want to beat you?”

“Bob, you bastard! After the holiday, you should find a place in Genoa to invite our guests.”

“Yes, I want the best red wine and seafood.”

“No problem, no problem.” Bob promised full mouth.

However, when the gun was delivered, Bob would find that he still underestimated the generosity of His Majesty the King.

Just seeing the box with the gun, Bob knew that the contents in it were not ordinary rifles.

The general Macdonald 1857 rifle does not have a wooden box, only a long bag made of rain-proof cloth, which can hold the gun in it. There is also a small bag next to the long bag, which contains a waterproof muzzle cover-a rubber cover that can be put on the muzzle to prevent water from entering-the security guards at Blackwater call this a condom, because it is basically the same as a condom. It’s no different. The precision shooting version of the 1857 rifle has a long wooden box, which contains the rifle and scope. However, as far as the box itself is concerned, although the workmanship is exquisite, there is no special decoration.

But the present box is different. It is not a wooden box, but a leather box made of a gorgeous leather that Bob does not recognize. The handles and locks of the box are all gold-plated, which looks high-end and high-end.

“Wow, it’s actually a box made of crocodile skin! Open it!” The attendant who sent the gun had just left when a large number of United States hillbillies who had never seen the world surrounded him.

Bob held his breath, carefully opened the box a slit, and glanced inside. It turned out to be an accurate shooting version of 1857 inside. Just glance at its lines and Bob can recognize it. Only after the box was fully opened and the bright light from outside came in, everyone discovered that this precision shooting version 1857 was completely different from the general precision shooting version 1857.

“My God! It’s so luxurious!”

“My God, is this barrel gilded?”

“What is the white thing on the buttstock? Are the flowers inlaid on the handguard and buttstock made of gold?”

“How much is this thing worth?”

“One thousand and five hundred!” a voice replied.

“Cut!” Everyone didn’t even turn their heads, and began to contempt the fool who said 1,500.

“Stupid, right? The ordinary precision shooting version of 1857 costs 1,500 US dollars. This one is still 1,500. Do you speak with your head.”

“That’s right, who is so stupid, really sad for your mother.”

While everyone expressed their contempt for the fool who said 1500, they looked back to see which fool was, and then they were all stunned: the fool who said 1500 was the work of Scrooge. Carol Big Brother.

Carol did not get angry at being scolded as a fool, but went on to explain unhurriedly: “One thousand and five hundred pounds, and it is a pure cost price. This gun was originally designed by the company for Aimanlu. This is the only one made by His Majesty the King. Bob, your luck is so good that I am jealous.”

“The cost is 1,500 pounds? That is to say, if it is really auctioned, the price will be higher? My God! Bob, you have made a fortune!” a guy shouted loudly.

“No more, I can’t stand it anymore, brothers, let’s do it together and beat this kid hard!”

“Okay!” A voice of approval sounded around. Someone even reached out and rubbed Bob’s head.

“Don’t! Don’t! I surrender! I’m willing to provide the defeat indemnity!” Bob also yelled.

After a bargain, Bob finally signed a series of unequal treaties for bereavement and humiliation of the country. He paid a few months of wages and bonuses for defeat, and promised a series of powers such as going to the most high-end restaurants. Please come. The consumption of the place that specializes in services for men, even the unreasonable request of going to the opera house to listen to the opera. Don’t say anything else, just you guys from the United States, do you understand opera?Although he paid a lot, Bob made a lot in general. But compared to the company, what he earned is really nothing. The decision-makers in the Kingdom of Sardinia highly appreciated the performance of this United States gun. In addition, the Rothschild family provided financing assistance. Therefore, two days later, Carol received a proposal from the Royal Government. The official order is a full 10,000 McDonald’s 1857 rifles. This business will bring at least $250,000 in profits to the McDonald Infantry Arms Company! On the other hand, the Blackwater Security Company has also received a contract to provide training services for 10,000 soldiers from the Kingdom of Sardinia, which has also brought about 50,000 US dollars in revenue to the Blackwater Company. The torrent of funds began to flow into Scrooge’s wallet.

“It’s easy to do things if you have money!” In United States, Scrooge said to himself looking at his newly purchased production equipment.

This time, Scrooge bought not only equipment for manufacturing firearms, but also a large number of chemical equipment. Because in his laboratory, a gadget that can be used to make a lot of money has been manufactured, Scrooge, after research, decided that this thing should be industrialized. In Scrooge’s mind, this kind of thing is more important than Blackwater and even McDonald’s Infantry Weapons Company. In a sense, the existence of the first two companies is more important to Scrooge After taking out this thing, it can effectively protect it.

Such a thing is sulfa! Sulfonamide is the general term for a class of drugs. It is the first powerful weapon invented in the history of humans fighting disease-causing bacteria. Before sulfa was put into treatment, human beings were almost helpless in the face of bacterial infections, especially pneumonia, sepsis, and epidemic encephalitis. The trauma in the war will almost inevitably cause sepsis! If sulfa drugs could be introduced when the war broke out, how many people could be saved! More importantly, how much money can be made! How much prestige can be brushed! With such a good reputation for being born to Buddhas, even if you do something bad in the future, it will be ignored by everyone.

In the history of Scrooge’s previous life, this drug was manufactured for medical use only in 1937 (the year when the Anti-Japanese War broke out). But in fact, the history of mankind’s manufacture of sulfa is much longer than this. As early as 1908, amphetamine was manufactured, but it was not used in medical treatment, but as an orange-red dye.

The way the medical scientists discovered sulfa was basically the same as the alchemists in the Middle Ages. Since Eurich found in an experiment to stain bacteria that certain dyes can kill bacteria, and after 606 serious screenings, he finally discovered a drug that can effectively kill syphilis-diaminodioxoarsenic Benzene (because it was successful after the 606th experiment, this drug was named 606), and after winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1908, countless medical scientists or chemists began to use magical experiments Various dyes to kill bacteria. As a result, another German, Gerhard Domak, tried more than a thousand chemical dyes, and finally a dye called Bailangduoxi was able to kill many kinds of bacteria very well after entering the human body. effect. But the strange thing is that this thing can’t kill any bacteria in the test tube. After careful experimentation and comparison, he finally determined that the real bactericidal effect is the parasulfa, which is produced by the decomposition of Bailangduoxin in the human body. And this thing, as a dye, was produced in 1908.

In fact, when Mr. Gerhard Domak conducted more than a thousand experiments, other medical scientists and chemists were also doing the same. It’s just that they are not as sensitive as Gerhard Domak, or they are not lucky enough to find the medicinal value of sulfa. Scientific research, especially chemistry, often requires luck.

But Scrooge was different from them. At that time, they had no real effective theoretical guidance. They were completely groping in the dark, just like Shennong tasted herbs, experimenting with the compounds they could find one by one, relying on hard work and The favor of the goddess of luck came to discover new drugs. However, Scrooge already knows what is effective, and then conducts the so-called experimental screening, which is naturally much easier.

In fact, Scrooge should really blush, because although there are so many favorable conditions, Scrooge has made the most primitive parasulfa. This thing has large side effects on the kidneys and gastrointestinal tract, which can easily lead to various stones and cause great damage caused by allergies. In the late stage of the 20th century, it has been replaced by various compound sulfonamides. But Scrooge is still getting this thing now.

For its shortcomings, Shi Gaozhi knows well, and for how to reduce its side effects, Shi Gaozhi also knows the direction. However, in this era when there are no antibiotics, is it necessary to care about these? You know, any improvement in this area requires more investment and will only make the cost ascending. Compared with reducing costs and earning more money, what does it mean to have a little side effect and may cause a little harm to the patient?